45 Comments On A Letter To Gym Masyarakat

hey! did you mail out this letter as well? haha i would be irritated if i were you!

anyway i'm actually a frequent reader of your blog, but i've never left comments.. just wondering, don't you feel the stress? especially since the readership is so big??

Posted by: tiffany at 18 June 2005 12:39 AM

Complain when it's neccesary. I like that. Just like me! I hate the attitude some people have. You are in "service" field, you have to know how to serve. If not, get lost. However, it's lack of proper training from management. I'm in retail field, we train our sales associates daily. Good customer service is our selling point ;)

Posted by: blackwidow at 18 June 2005 12:45 AM

hey, did u really send the letter to the management? if u r posting it here, i think u should hand over it to the manager too - if u haven't.

btw, why update so early in the day? aren't u always write your blog early in the morning?

Posted by: sammie at 18 June 2005 1:05 AM

early, i mean like midnight or 1am...

Posted by: sammie at 18 June 2005 1:06 AM

tiffany, yea I do feel pressured sometimes especially when ppl urge me to update when I don't feel like it. But most of the time I just enjoy writing and making ppl laugh.

blackwidow, its sad there's no such word called 'quality' or 'service' here. They think they're doing us a favour instead of the other way round. And unfortunately most people just accept a lot of their bullshit.

sammie, yea I'm gonna print out the letter and send it of course. :) I think I'll tone it down a bit though. And there's no specific time frame that I update of course. Anytime is a good time.

Posted by: Kenny at 18 June 2005 1:32 AM

Gym? I've not gone for a long time. It's better to do whatever exercises I have at home.

Posted by: suspiciousbastard at 18 June 2005 1:38 AM

the power of straits times :)

Posted by: drowninggiraffe at 18 June 2005 2:49 AM

the power of straits times :)

Posted by: drowninggiraffe at 18 June 2005 2:49 AM

Gym Masyarakat is a state government-sponsored gym that is actually quite decent, if it weren't for its lousy management.

Kenny, you've hinted at the root problem in your caption. "Government-sponsored" is a synonym for "unaccountable." If you doubt me, when you come to California I'll take you to the Department of Motor Vehicles or the post office.

Posted by: Curtis G. at 18 June 2005 3:36 AM

Been reading your blog. Love the posts. Well..keep up the nice entries =)

Posted by: S-Kay at 18 June 2005 5:23 AM

Those typical government pseudo business entities are hopeless. Only lazy asses with single digit IQ can work there... and all of us has to deal with these people. The idea of work to these people is showing up at an " office"...chatting, drinking coffee... eating cakes.. and go home. Good job Kenny, for pointing out !

Posted by: OX at 18 June 2005 6:49 AM

I just had a bout of non-existent customer service myself. Was soooo angry that I sent in a complaint email immediately and posted it on my blog. Hope your issues get rectified. Just doesn't make sense to pay hard-earned money and have to deal with such shiet.

Posted by: gracie at 18 June 2005 7:48 AM

hmm when i was in secondary school i paid 15 ringgit per month for the gahberment(is that how u spell it?) gym. When i was in KL i paid 60 per month for the bukit jalil gym (which is a pretty good wan). Then when i was in Monash Uni, Melbourne. I paid 300 dollar per year...that's near to RM 1k man....if you ask me, i will choose the dodgy rm 15 gahberment gym. I mean the equipments are old, staff are lousy, but at least it is a workout that burn out my fats not my wallet :)

how much are u paying anyway?

Posted by: CS at 18 June 2005 10:34 AM

"state government-sponsored"...in m'sian speak means the ppl working there r the law...the rules/law r how the administrators interprete them to be..

frankly by Johor standard, this gym seems like god-send to me...at least there seems to be some semblance of 'maintenance' done at the out-fit.

complaint at being shut out 10 mins earlier?..we have police post and public library that don't open when they r supposed to..

Posted by: jade at 18 June 2005 10:37 AM

Don't we all just hate it when there's a help desk and no help is provided? I think the staff at the gym needs to start to be responsible about their job.

Posted by: Lyon at 18 June 2005 11:28 AM

Hey Dude, reminds me the favorite word of Kuching's sale associate : "No stock!" , then habis cerita, they would not make an effort telling you when's the next shipment or alternative brand of product.

Posted by: e at 18 June 2005 12:11 PM

Yr SPG friend had her readership shot up from 3,000 to 14,000 per day after the newspaper publicity. Sx does sell. The book deal should not be very far away at this rate.

Posted by: dude at 18 June 2005 1:06 PM

Yr SPG friend had her readership shot up from 3,000 to 14,000 per day after the newspaper publicity. Sx does sell. The book deal should not be very far away at this rate.

Posted by: dude at 18 June 2005 1:06 PM

Try out Clark Hatch Fitness Center situated at 1st floor Hilton Hotel. I can guarantee you that you will be assisted anytime plus there is a fitness instructor to guide you along ;p

Posted by: Del at 18 June 2005 1:57 PM

Hey kenny, Lets try for a new hits record on monday, shall we? Hope your bandwidth can take it. haha

Posted by: eyeris at 18 June 2005 1:59 PM

kenny, pay peanuts, gets monkey

Posted by: Terry at 18 June 2005 2:17 PM

wowww ur english is sooo high-class...i like it...:D..how abt love letter, do u know how to write it?

Posted by: ahlian at 18 June 2005 2:54 PM

wowww ur english is sooo high-class...i like it...:D..how abt love letter, do u know how to write it?

Posted by: ahlian at 18 June 2005 2:55 PM

lolz. congrats on the new high, kenny. wish i could write as interesting stuff on my blog. lolz, dunno how you're gonna cope with the new traffic though. too high a readership is sometimes a bad thing, seeing as to how you'll probably feel somehow compelled to update because of them. really love your blog. great work.

yeah, all garblement offices, disguised or otherwise are all horribly unaccountable. unreliable, unfriendly, and inaccurate. hmm. nothing like the police motto. explains it. good luck with your letter. my faith lies with the private sector and all their capitalist pig practices. at least the pigs here work for their outrageously high pay.

Posted by: qsl at 18 June 2005 7:57 PM

lolz. congrats on the new high, kenny. wish i could write as interesting stuff on my blog. lolz, dunno how you're gonna cope with the new traffic though. too high a readership is sometimes a bad thing, seeing as to how you'll probably feel somehow compelled to update because of them. really love your blog. great work.

yeah, all garblement offices, disguised or otherwise are all horribly unaccountable. unreliable, unfriendly, and inaccurate. hmm. nothing like the police motto. explains it. good luck with your letter. my faith lies with the private sector and all their capitalist pig practices. at least the pigs there work for their outrageously high pay.

Posted by: qsl at 18 June 2005 7:57 PM

It's going to shoot up even higher on Monday. Congrats. ;)

Posted by: Liz at 18 June 2005 9:18 PM

Hey look at the "bright" side. If they turn the lights off and someone gets hurt I hear a big fat KA CHING from the lawsuit

Posted by: maobi at 18 June 2005 10:52 PM

Great site!!! Do make sure the management gets the letter~ =) and quit the gym.

Posted by: michie at 18 June 2005 11:24 PM

great opportunity for you to earn some dollars setting up a pro gym kenny...heh.

My god, you were right. That Ray dude's links are on a lot of comments I read!

Posted by: Lainie at 19 June 2005 1:40 AM

suspiciousbastard, unfortunately there are no 'visual aids' when you work out at home. If you know what I mean.

drowninggiraffe, power of the media. :)

Curtis G + OX + jade, it doesn't cost money for them to have a friendly attitude.

S-Kay, pleasure.

gracie, at least Maureen shown signs of a human being. Mine doesn't.

CS, seeing as its government sponsored I'm paying RM250 a year which is dirt cheap. In the end it still comes down to the attitude of the staff there. You can have the flashiest equipment in your gym, but it doesn't kill to treat another person nicely does it? That's what I'm getting at.

Lyon, yeah they should rename is NO-HELP DESK.

e, hahaha! EXACTLY! "No stock" and they give you a blur blur face expecting you to solve the problem for them.

dude, holy cow. 14,000 a day is the highest I've seen thus far in both the sg and m'sian blogosphere.

Del, I've been to Clark Hatch. For the price I'd be paying (RM600 joining fee + RM 1200 per year), I'm actually expecting a little more. The equipment seems very limited.

eyeris + Liz, we shall see. :)

Terry, mine is not a monkey, its a zombie.

ahlian, you want me to write love letter to who?

qsl, what police motto. Mesra, Cepat, Betul? Salah! Heh heh heh.

maobi, the court and the garblement is one big freaking family.

SariPartyGirl, you got a fantastic site yourself with all those yummy photos from Perth.

Lainie, now you know Lainie... now you know. :)

Posted by: kennysia at 19 June 2005 2:39 AM

Kenny..write love letter to ur wife Xiaxue...:p:D
..btw, how much u will charge me to write a english letter?..

Posted by: ahlian at 19 June 2005 11:22 AM

Where is this Gym Masyarakat?

Posted by: fish fish at 19 June 2005 3:14 PM

waiting for response from gym masyarakat, will you post the response too?

Posted by: a-cai at 20 June 2005 10:05 AM

i get the same 'dunno' look at sungei wang plaza @ bukit bintang. BUT we were superbly impressed with the receptionist at Sunway Pyramid who had an answer (& direction) to any store in the complex

Posted by: princ3zz at 20 June 2005 4:04 PM

i get the same 'dunno' look at sungei wang plaza @ bukit bintang. BUT we were superbly impressed with the receptionist at Sunway Pyramid who had an answer (& direction) to any store in the complex

Posted by: princ3zz at 20 June 2005 4:05 PM

hi Kenny where is Gym Masyarakat and how much would membership fees be? Yea Im in Perth but will be back in Kuching for the one-month break so it would be good to continue my buffilization endeavour. :D

Posted by: Charles at 21 June 2005 11:34 AM

heyz....... currently 15 years old..... got limited funding........ i dunno wad gym to join...... sarawak club i scared at about 5 o clock will b real crowded....... FIT4LIFE DAM EXPENSIVE MAN...... 3 bucks a day........ gym masyarakat..... not sure...... advice anyone?

Posted by: Berz at 29 August 2005 8:28 PM

Hey kenny,the thought of going to a gym for meeting people is a great idea..But hey usually those are males..Can someone tell me bout any hot spot or club in kuching i can join to meet new people(especially girls!Thehehe)
hey ken i really think u should post this topic..Its gonna be a great topic!

Posted by: Abid at 11 November 2005 5:30 PM

Hey kenny,the thought of going to a gym for meeting people is a great idea..But hey usually those are males..Can someone tell me bout any great place i can go or club in kuching i can join to meet new people(especially girls!Thehehe)
hey ken i really think u should post this topic..Its gonna be a great topic!

Posted by: Abid at 11 November 2005 5:40 PM

Hey kenny,the thought of going to a gym for meeting people is a great idea..But hey usually those are males..Can someone tell me bout any great place i can go or club in kuching i can join to meet new people(especially girls!Thehehe)
hey ken i really think u should post this topic..Its gonna be a great topic!

Posted by: Abid at 11 November 2005 5:42 PM

hi Kenny,

Did you get any response from them? Or they are much more improved now? Want to join a gym too. Looking for one, maybe will try this Gym Masryarakat:) I am in Gov service myself.:)

Posted by: Jason at 17 June 2006 9:30 PM

I live at 40428 Commonwealth in Seattle. Been up here before?

Posted by: Mike Flacklestein at 17 June 2006 10:57 PM

yeah...malay style like that wan lah...
come in late..
go back early..
makan kaceng
otak kacang !

Posted by: benjamin and yus at 07 July 2006 1:24 PM

benjamin and yus...fuck u guys...singling out a race here all becuase of a gym fuss...fuck u again...

Posted by: ross hisham at 23 August 2006 12:20 PM

hey kenny im a very new reader and attendee to your blogsite.. been trying to finnish reading all your posts this 3 days and only manage to cover like eeeerr 10%? lol .. i myself was a gym rakyat member since 2002 till feb 2007.. i know what u experienced and maybe i experienced more shit at my place lol.. seems that the gym rakyat at ur place looks new than wat we have in kk.. and the sad thing bout the gym in my place is that even with numerous complaints and suggestions they were all unattended and were thrown away.. gawd knows what the management team is up to running the place like that.. taking things for granted sheeeshh!

Posted by: jungle man at 18 January 2008 1:09 AM